May 9, 2019
08:30 am JST

Good news! I have been very low carb since 2000, testing various foods on my body and always being aware how they affect me. For me, no high carb foods (rice, bread, potatoes, pasta, pizza crust, corn, pumpkin, milk, fruit juice, beer) works excellent for me. Ordering “teishoku” without rice has always been possible here (less strange looks now than before), but to have a donburi without the rice is something I look forward to! It has been about 20 years since I last ate a donburi.

May 9, 2019
08:40 am JST

May 9, 2019
09:03 am JST

Finally! It is a doom here for food: you can never chose what you want/need since everything come in a fixed set that buries you in rice and fried crap or rice and row stuff and little else (no fruits at all). If you are on a low or no carb carb habit, you can only hit your head on the wall, if you do not bring your own meal with you. Lately I started seeing some more protein beverages or allegedly 'protein' based products (mainly made with chicken meat). But it is still a timid approach: 'protein' and vegetable based meals seems to be seen as health otaku or health troubled individuals.

May 9, 2019
04:20 pm JST

May 9, 2019
09:04 pm JST

No thanks for the fatty meat that is

I wondered whether to say this too, ¥500 for a set breakfast, can't be that nutritious, and having tried it, I agree with you.

Don't know if anyone else noticed, but it's a different food scene in Japan now, so much proliferation of minimum price outlets vs quality outlets, and you'd have to go to Hokkaido to get affordable quality food.